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The Masters - How Great Athletes Start With a Productive Mindset
The Masters is only a couple of weeks away! That really kicks in golf season. Arguably, the Masters tournament is the king of the Four...
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Mar 262 min read
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Breaking Through Your Fear of Failure - Pt. II
In our last blog post we discussed a few different strategies to understand and deal with the fear of failure. Here will talk about a...
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Feb 283 min read
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Breaking Through: How Athletes Can Conquer the Fear of Failure
Every athlete, regardless of experience, knows the weight of failure. It can come in many forms: a missed shot in a key game, a...
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Feb 212 min read
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Get Past That Distraction - Win The Next Play!
Mistakes are an inevitable part of sports competition. Whether it's a missed shot, a costly foul, or a strategic error, athletes face...
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Oct 28, 20242 min read
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Goal! Reach yours with attention to focus and process
In the world of mental performance coaching, setting goals is an important part of the overall process of staying on task while working...
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Sep 19, 20242 min read
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Pressure in Performance - What does is it look like to you?
Pressure is inevitable. We are human beings, cast in a myriad of roles – career, personal, avocational. Whether you're an amateur athlete...
mmancini116
Aug 10, 20243 min read
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Maximizing Performance - Six Strategies
To get the most out of your performance, you will have to meet and work through a variety of challenges. This is true for athletes,...
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Jul 30, 20242 min read
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Cultivating Resilience in Athletes: A Guide to Building Mental Strength
Athletes undergo numerous challenges, from physical strains to mental pressures, all aiming for top performance. In the world of sports,...
mmancini116
Jul 17, 20242 min read
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Embracing the Present: The Athlete's Guide to Peak Performance
In the world of sports, where decisions can define success or failure, staying in the present moment is not just a mindset but a crucial...
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Jul 3, 20242 min read
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The Art of Peak Productivity in Business
In the realm of the corporate environment, achieving peak productivity isn't just about working harder—it's about working smarter. One of...
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Jun 26, 20243 min read
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Tryouts - Enjoying the Experience vs. Dreading the Outcome
Tryouts can be, well, trying, for both athlete and parent. Will I, Can I, make the team? What happens if I don't? I am going to let my...
mmancini116
Dec 10, 20232 min read
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Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On
There is a great, very poignant Jimmy Buffet song entitled, Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On. Jimmy wrote it after the catastrophic...
mmancini116
Oct 8, 20233 min read
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Adopting a Growth Mindset – What does that really mean for me?
If you have perused any self-help information online or subscribe to any performance newsletters, you will inevitably find something...
mmancini116
Aug 28, 20235 min read
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Coping With Fear of Failure - Key Strategies
What are your fears? We all have them. It is perfectly normal. We read about heroic actions, courage and toughness in a particular...
mmancini116
Jul 25, 20233 min read
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Why Mental Performance Coaching Matters...Or Does It?
Whenever I talk to a group of athletes, coaches, parents or administrators I usually start out with the same question - “How much of the...
mmancini116
Jun 23, 20234 min read
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Comfort Zone Traps for Athletes
“Comfort Zones.” The phrase can have slightly different meanings in different contexts. “Get out of your comfort zone,” is a common...
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May 28, 20233 min read
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Mental Performance – Practice, Practice, Practice
We have all heard the old saying, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” That phrase can relate to many aspects of our lives, but especially...
mmancini116
May 9, 20233 min read
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Trust Your Skills, Trust Your Game, Trust Yourself
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” “Self-trust is the first secret of success.” ---Ralph Waldo Emerson--- Two...
mmancini116
Apr 26, 20233 min read
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Why Mental Performance Coaching Matters...Not just in sports but in life
Twenty, fifteen, maybe even ten years ago, Mental Performance coaching, or sports psychology, was only heard of when watching an...
mmancini116
Apr 7, 20233 min read
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Is Your Confidence Reactive or Pro-Active?
Confidence. We all want it. As athletes we crave it. But it ebbs and flows, rises and falls, dips and dives and goes everywhere in...
mike@topmentalperformance.com
Mar 18, 20233 min read
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